Malawi Travel Forum

Hey folks I am traveling to Blantyre and wondering if any one knows any clean,safe and affordable motels or bed & breakfast.

Any help is highly appreciated

Xena

hi i arrive in malawi from zambia tomorrow and am wondering if anyone knows any bus companies that run malawi to jo'berg. If possible with hoping on and off through mozambique but if not any help would be grateful. Alternatively any cheap airlines flying this way?

Cheers

Hello!

I am moving to Lilongwe for 1 year at the end of this month. Can anyone advise on available accommodation?

I am looking for a 1 or 2 bedrooms apartment or house with bathroom attached and other modern amenities, located in central area.

- Can anyone advise on the average price range?

- Just dreaming: Would it be difficult to find accommodation with a Pool (shared or not), how much, on average would that be?

- Does accommodation usually comes furnished, or not?

- How is the power situation these days? How many hours per weeks is it lacking? Would it be advisable to buy a generator or an inverter?

Any other considerations?

Thank you, looking forward to relocating!!

Annie

Can anyone tell me if there is accommodation for rent at the south end of Lake Malawi? Hotel acommodation on the internet seems to suggest that Malawi is aiming at the luxury end of the tourist market.

I will be in Blantyre, Malawi for 3 weeks in June 2009. Can someone please tell me how easy it is to withdraw cash, eg: location, Visa credit or Maestro debit, travellers cheques etc. Also, are withdrawal amounts restricted? Any advice helpful. Many thanks

Hi, I am going to Malawi, to Blantyre, in June and I have a tattoo at the very base of my shin, about 6-7 cm long, how do the Malawi people look towards visible tattoos.

The tattoo is of a cross.

I plan on wearing long skirts that completely cover anyways, but don't want it to pop onto display if it is inappropriate

Many thanks

Sarah

Hello to you all,

I'm hoping that someone can help me here. I'm looking for the price for milk, bread, petrol and maize in Malawi. I need this for an assignment.

YOur help is much appreciated.

Tnx

Ciao

Adnila

Hi there i am planning a trip to Malawi with my sixteen year old daughter and her mum is slightly concerned about the risk of travel. We are planning to spend two to three days in Blantyre and then have another five or six days where we would like to visit a game park and get to check out some of the sights that Malawi has to offer.

Would appreciate any feedback and advice that can assist to "put mums mind at rest" about travelling around Malawi. Would also appreciate if anyone can suggest good game parks to visit around the Blantyre area or do we need to travel further afield and base ourselves in Lilongwe for a few days instead?

Hi There

We are 4 friends looking at going to Malawi this december with a car from Johannesburg South Africa. Has anyone done this before or know how to do this. We are having trouble finding road maps/directions
We are looking for the shortest and safest route

Thanx

Hi- I am flying into Lilongwe at the start of August. Can anyone tell me how easy/safe/expensive it is to get a transfer to the city from the airport? Also- any good suggestions of nice friendly hostels in the city would be gratefully received! Cheers :)

What are the good areas to live in in Blantyre?

Thanks

I'd like to visit Malawi and I have a nut allergy. Could anyone tell me how widely used peanuts are? Is peanut oil sometimes used for frying?

I have discovered online that peanuts are sometimes used as a flour substitute, for example in Masamba (Greens). Is this frequently done and will I find it difficult to know when a dish contains peanuts?

Many thanks in advance.
Mike

Can you recommend a health (sports) club in blantyre that i could use while there for a few months? i would deeply appreciate it. thanks. zep07

Hello,
I am planning to go to Blantyre for about 6 months, and hope to also travel around the region. I have been looking for information about accommodations in Blantyre and have had a hard time finding much. One site said that it would cost about $1500-2000/month USD! That's FAR more than I pay at home! I thought it would be much less to live in Malawi. Is it true that you need to pay that much? that you need to hire security guards?? That is so not what I expected and was surprised to read that.

Any and all suggestions about temporary stays in Blantyre would be welcomed and much appreciated!!
Thanks!
Ellen

Hi
Does anyone know whether it is possible to visit the World Heritage Site Rock Art shelters at Chongoni? If so does anyone know about places to stay for a night or two in or near the area in May? I've contacted the Dedza Pottery and Lodge but the web encyclopaedia's mention The Rainbow Bar and Resthouse", "Winners Lodge", "The Boyz Club" and "The Chimwenwe Bar" also in Dedza. Any information or contact details would be much appreciated.
Thanks
Santigi

I'm traveling to Mzuzu next week. Any advice where to go? I've read a lot about the safety there. Is it truly too dangerous place?

Can anyone tell me how to get in touch with the Nali Factory in Malawi.I am a South African Business Man.

My family is planning to travel to Malawi early 2008. I am looking for affordable secure house to rent for a month or 2 while in Lilongwe? Anyone know how I can make such arrangements? Where can I find rental homes in Lilongwe for a family of 7? How about renting a van for a 3 month period? Any other places of interest you can recommend while in Malawi for a family trip?

Thanks
Dera

Anyone have any suggestions where to go in Llongwe where they treat aids and TB or know anything about that scene in that town?.
Cheers?

Hello!
Maybe a stupid question answered many times, but I can't find any good and reliable resource / latest studies.

Do anybody know about current situation of Bilharzia in Lake Malawi?
THX

Hi,
Im off to Malawi in September,is it worth taking a tent to do some camping ? or are the campsites not very secure for one's stuff?
Wadoya think?

am visiting malawie in a few weeks and wnat to find a few motorbike tours. off road is best. can anyone suggest a place to get a guided tour?

Hello:

I am going to Lake Malawi in 2 weeks time. Not much of a diver, but are there sailing tours around the lake?

Ramon

Work in Africa.
What volunteer work is there in Zambia, Malawi or Botswana, for working and investing in young childrens lives and learning the countries language.
Helping in children's homes, playing sport/ crafts, teaching English or reading etc.
What resources/material is there that i can use for teaching?

I have spent time in these countries and at times lived with some families there, so had to fetch water,wash clothes by hand and enjoy a heated bucket wash!
Thanks and hope to hear.

I hope to visit Lilongwe for a month at a time every three months for the next two years. Can anyone advise me on suitable accommodation, pension or house? My budget would run to about $50 per day all in.

I hope to visit Malawi for a month at a time every three months for the next two years. Can anyone advise me on suitable accommodation, pension or house? My budget would run to about $50 per day all in.

Hi,

I am INDIA i need to know what would be the tentative amount i need to carry for a fifteen days stay in Malawi.(Inclusive of all expenses)

We want to go to Malawi in July on vacation for about 4 weeks.
We are looking for cheap flights from Germany to Malawi and nice places in Malawi? Any suggestions for us? For sure, we will go to the lake Malawi to the Nkwichi Lodge. Any experiences?Is it possible to rent a car? And if yes, where and how much does is cost per day?
Looking forward for some information.
Thanks in advance
fromhannover

Hi everyone.
Feel like going back to Malawi next year and have been looking into flights via expedia and kelkoo et al as well as klm.com and dialaflight.com and a few others. KLM seem to be doing specials for about 590 GBP , and KenyanAirways seem cheap too at about 400 pounds, but I was just wondering if anyone else had found any cheap flights to Lilongwe so that I can save some valuable kwacha?

Going in end of March for three weeks if that's any help...... would also be interested to hear if anyone else will be about there then, as I think I'll be by myself for most of the trip except for the hostel-met-people.

Cheers,

Ben

Do any cash machines in Lilongwe/Malawi take Cirrus/Maestro cards?